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Indonesian collective at heart of antisemitism row top art world power list

ruangrupa group, who curated exhibition including mural with Jewish caricatures, are first Asian artists to top list

The Guardian - UK

Soup on Van Gogh and graffiti on Warhol: climate activists follow the long history of museums as a site of protest

Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans at the National Gallery of Australia are just the latest artistic target of climate protesters, who have been throwing soup, mashed potatoes and cake at art worth millions of dollars.

The Conversation

US pharmacy companies reach $10bn settlement over opioid claims

The deals mean CVS and Walgreens will pay more than $10bn for their roles in the US opioid crisis.

Al Jazeera

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Protests at art museums are nothing new. Here are 3 famous examples from history

Climate groups like Just Stop Oil are making headlines for targeting famous works of art in their fossil fuel protests. It's a tactic that other individuals and groups have used over the last century.

WEKU

Design museum takes tainted Sackler name off its library

The DESIGN Museum in Kensington has quietly removed the Sackler name from its library, becoming one of the last London institutions to distance itself from the American US philanthropic family.

Evening Standard

Poitras Documentary Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras’s epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Poitras, the American filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Edward Snowden…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US opioid crisis doc wins top prize at Venice film festival

Venice (AFP) - A documentary tracing an artist's campaign against the family behind the US opioid drug epidemic scooped the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, on Saturday.

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Artists must expose corruption, urges director of documentary on opioid crisis

The story of Nan Goldin, a photographer who campaigned against the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma, premieres at the Venice Film Festival

The Guardian - UK

Laura Poitras film spotlights activist photographer Goldin

Laura Poitras' Nan Goldin documentary "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, where it is part of the main competition slate

The Independent UK

Review: 'Raising Lazarus,' by Beth Macy

NONFICTION: A companion to her prize-winning "Dopesick," Macy's new book explores the fallout of the opioid crisis — and those who try to stem the tide.

Tribune News Service

New York Film Festival sets lineup for 60th edition

The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a robust 32-film main slate and a number of hometown tales, including James Gray’s Queens coming-of-age drama “Armageddon Time” and Laura Poitras’ documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin’s battle against the Sackler family

The Independent UK

Londoner’s Diary: Sackler name out of the picture at Dulwich gallery

In today’s diary: Dulwich gallery re-think Sackler endorsement/ Wombles pagent incurs songwriter’s wrath/ Rylance refuses to play famous people/Cummings says Bojo would prefer to write a book about Shakespeare than be the PM

Evening Standard

Lynn Schmidt: America's addiction nightmare comes home

A few weeks ago, my husband and I lost a friend to an opioid overdose. He was not the first person we knew who died from an overdose, but he was perhaps the closest. And while I am still working through the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Appeals court to consider paving way for Purdue Pharma deal

A federal appeals panel is considering whether to allow a legal move that would pave the way for a settlement between OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and governments across the U.S. The deal would allow the company to exit bankruptcy and require members of the Sackler family who own it to…

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The Guardian - UK

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe audiobook review – inside America’s opioid crisis

With a calmly astonished tone, the author narrates the shocking story of how the Sackler family made its money out of the lethal painkiller OxyContin

The Guardian - US

McKinsey denies illegally hiding work for opioid-maker Purdue Pharma while advising FDA

Consulting firm was protecting client confidentiality, chief says, and wasn’t obliged to disclose work advising drug manufacturer

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: When bathrooms have naming rights, has branding gone too far?

LOS ANGELES — It took me a few moments standing there outside the bathrooms at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles before I fully grasped that some fundraising genius had actually sold the lavatory naming rights.

Tribune News Service

British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries, rooms

One of the world’s most prestigious museums is removing the Sackler name from its galleries.

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The Independent UK

British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries

The British Museum will remove the Sackler name from galleries, rooms and endowments following global outrage over the role the family played in the opioid crisis

The Independent UK

British Museum cuts ties with Sackler name

The Sackler name will be removed from galleries, rooms and endowments they supported.

The Guardian - UK

British Museum removes Sackler family name from galleries

Museum is latest institution to distance itself from family accused of profiting from US opioids crisis

The Conversation

Drugs that treat opioid use disorder are a good use for multibillion-dollar settlement funds

States, cities, counties and tribal governments across the nation will soon receive a windfall through several major opioid settlements. Drug distributors and manufacturers, including Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family members who own it, will relinquish a total of about US$32 billion for their role in the overdose crisis. Other…

The Independent UK

Opioid crisis victims to confront Purdue Pharma's owners

People who lost loved ones or years of their own lives to opioid addiction are getting their first and perhaps only chance to confront members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

Tribune News Service

Purdue Pharma judge approves a $6 billion opioid settlement

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain approved a settlement among members of the Sackler family that own Purdue Pharma LP and a handful of states that had been fighting its multibillion-dollar opioid deal.

The Independent UK

OxyContin maker seeks approval for latest settlement plan

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is asking a judge to approve its latest plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids

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